Episode 185: Intuition and Reality: The Wedge, Part One
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Feb 26, 2025
Dive into the intriguing concept of 'The Wedge,' which contrasts subjective experiences with objective realities. Explore how intuition and intellectualism shape our perceptions, enriched through metaphors like crows vocalizing. The conversation also wanders into the realm of dreams, connecting vivid narratives to artistic insights. Discover the delicate balance between rational discourse and intuitive creativity, revealing how dialogues can reflect the essence of art itself.
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Lynch's Closet
Phil Ford dreamt of David Lynch revealing a key element in his films.
Every film has a "closet" containing secrets, mirroring reality's hidden aspects.
insights INSIGHT
Lynch's Reality
David Lynch's work explores reality, including non-human intelligences, beyond metaphors.
He acknowledges the existence of unknown things and the feelings they evoke, as revealed in a 1999 interview.
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Other Minds
Phil Ford and Nathan Seckinger discussed solipsism and other minds.
Ford argues that experiencing another's first-person perspective is not intellectual inference but direct intuition.
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Also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages or Autumntide of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga
In this book, Huizinga presents a detailed portrait of life in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, focusing on the conventions and customs that reflect the 'autumnal waning' of the Middle Ages. He examines various aspects such as the violent tenor of medieval life, chivalry, courtly love, religious life, and the symbolism that pervaded medieval society. Huizinga argues that the period was marked by cultural exhaustion, pessimism, and nostalgia, rather than the dawn of the Renaissance. The book is based on extensive examples from documents, literature, and artwork of the time and provides insights into the medieval mindset as the Middle Ages transitioned into the Renaissance[1][3][4].
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Dig
Phil Ford
Beethoven
Beethoven
The Music and the Life
LEWIS LOCKWOOD
Creative evolution
Henri Bergson
"The Wedge" is a key concept for Phil and JF. When exploring weird phenomena—from artworks to ghosts, and everything in between—one tends to emphasize one or the other "end" of the event. At the thin end of the Wedge, the focus is on subjective experience: how it felt, what it was like, and its personal significance. At the thick end, the emphasis shifts to what actually happened, independent of how it was experienced. Though their roles sometimes switch, Phil generally thinks from the thin end, while JF approaches things from the thick. In this episode, they begin unpacking the implications of the Wedge for making sense of reality’s stranger aspects.
Header image by SavidgeMichael via Wikimedia Commons.
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